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## Adding a Workspace to a Comsof Design

Conceptually Comsof Fiber network designs are created and developed within a workspace. Such a workspace not only represents the geographic area for which the network is to be designed, it also provides, once initialized, the structure containing all folders, templates, files and data associated with the design both in terms of input and output.

You can add multiple workspaces to the same design. This offers the possibility, for example, to calculate separate designs of various smaller areas, or to have several variants of one design calculated using custom inputs or different rules file settings.

To add a workspace to a Comsof design:

1. Select the Comsof design to which you want to add a workspace.

   You can do so by clicking on the map inside the polygon representing the design or you can type (part of) its name in the Search bar at the top of the window and select the design from the list of hits that appear in the Details tab sheet.

   The design turns red and the Details tab displays its name, the additional attributes and the toolbar with features to manage the design.

2. Open the design by clicking the on the toolbar.

   The Workspaces section is added to the Details tab.

   Figure: Adding a workspace to a Comsof design

3. Click the (New workspace) button.

   The Workspace dialog opens presenting the Basic and the Options tab sheets. On the map, a red polygon is displayed representing the boundary of the area covered by the workspace.

4. Complete the information in the dialog.

   1. The Basic tab:

      These settings are primarily to identify the workspace.

      - Owner - Refers to the Comsof design that the present workspace is part of.

        By default it refers to the design that you opened to add the workspace to.

      - Name - The name of the present Comsof workspace.

      - Details - In this optional field you can enter additional information about the workspace.

   2. The Options tab:

      These settings are to determine how the data of the workspace will be (pre-)processed, how the network will be calculated and what layers will be imported in Network Manager Telecom.

   For detailed information about the different settings refer to the topic Setting the workspace attributes

5. Update the workspace Boundary if needed.

   By default, the workspace boundary coincides with the boundary of the parent Comsof design. By manipulating (moving, inserting, deleting) the nodes of the polygon (the small white squares) you can adjust the boundary of the workspace.

6. Click Save.

   The workspace object is created. In the `workspaces` directory on the server a directory is created the name of which represents the ID assigned to the workspace. When the workspace is being initialized, the necessary sub-directories and files are copied from the templates directory of the Comsof Fiber Integration Module according to the version selected when the workspace was created.

   The Details tab displays its name, the basic and optional settings and the toolbar with features to manage the workspace.

   In addition, a set of buttons appear to:

   - View input.properties - These are settings that affect the way the workspace is populated with features and the input data are pre-processed.

   - Add/Edit Rules files - Rules files settings determine what the calculated network design will look like.

   - Open/Accept the workspace to perform the next steps in the workflow.

   Figure: Design details and toolbar